Raised trappin2/elafin protein in cervico-vaginal fluid is a potential predictor of cervical shortening and spontaneous preterm birth

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Abbott, Danielle S ^a   Chin Smith, Evonne C ^a   Seed, Paul T ^a   Chandiramani, Manju ^b   Shennan, Andrew H ^a   Tribe, Rachel M ^a,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CATHELICIDIN; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 2; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 3; CYTOKINE; ELAFIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE INHIBITOR; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1BETA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; TRAPPIN2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CAP18 LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE-BINDING PROTEIN; PI3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BODY FLUID; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CERVICOVAGINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMATURE LABOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX SHORTENING; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA SMEAR; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CERVIX UTERI; ELAFIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84904976783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100771     Document Type: Article

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